Our civilization is locked in the grip of an ideology - CORPORATISM.
An ideology that denies and undermines the legitimacy of individuals as the citizen in a democracy.
The particular imbalance of this ideology leads to a
worship of self-interest and a denial of the public good.
The practical effects on the individual are passivity and conformism in the areas that matter, and non-conformism in the areas that don't.
John Ralston Saul

29 October, 2006

No Aircraft Carriers in the Gulf?

Mr. Herz: I'm writing to correct the record regarding your post titled "A perfect recipe for disaster..." in which you discuss naval forces in the Gulf.

There are currently no aircraft carriers in the Gulf.

USS Eisenhower is currently in the Mediterranean Sea ... not the Gulf ... and has recently been in port Cyprus.

USS Enterprise is not in the Gulf, either, and hasn't been for almost a week. USS Iwo Jima is in the Gulf, but it is not an aircraft carrier ... it is an amphibious assault ship, and it primarily carries Marines.

In today's world, the goals of a committed anarchist should be to defend some state institutions from the attack against them, while trying at the same time to pry them open to more meaningful public participation— and ultimately, to dismantle them in a much more free society, if the appropriate circumstances can be achieved.Noam Chomsky